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“Jett said…”
“I told her the truth,” Jett mumbles, not making eye contact. “You don’t belong here.”
“Fuck.” I jump out of the cuddle pile, grabbing the closest pair of pants and stumbling into them as I hurry my ass to the basement, trying not to throw up.
Maybe she ran. Maybe she’s already gone.
“What’s the rush?” Atlas grabs me, holding me back.
“She’s our mate!” I throw off his hands, voice rising in panic. “She’s our mate, and she was in heat when she saved my life. Again!”
Jett snorts. “Whatever she said—”
“She didn’t say shit! She’s a scent match, you absolute fucking idiots. Why do you think you’ve been hanging off her?”
“Not possible,” Atlas rumbles. “You’re our—”
“Then you have two!” I rip away from the knot-brained assholes bent on ruining my life. “Fuck off if you don’t want her, because I do. Lilah is mine!”
I tear down the stairs to the basement.
I scent crème brûlée.
Faded, but pointed.
Sharp.
So sharp I clap a hand to my belly that aches in answer. She was needing. Alone and needing without a single one of us selfish fuckers to help her through pain I can’t even imagine. Pain I’ve never once had to deal with alone.
“Where is she?” My vision swims, heart moving too fast.
“No one’s been in or out of the house,” Jett says unhelpfully. I’m going to kill him, but not until after I’ve found Lilah and shown them all what the fuck they’ve done.
My alphas’ heads swivel, catching the scent that speaks to something deep inside their souls.
“Caramel.” Finn licks his lips.
“Is that—” Hunter chokes off.
“It can’t be,” Atlas says, stubborn as fuck. “It can’t.”
My fingernails bite my palms. “Where is she?”
That’s when I hear the splash. A huge, wracking gasp.
Then another splash and silence.
Hunter ducks into the bathroom and turns off the running shower. “There’s no tub…”
Another slosh sounds from the supply closet.
A soft, splashing sound that almost breaks me.
I stumble into the closet.
A barrel lid sits on the concrete.
It’s the de-scenter we use to wash fucking floors. The harsh scent has my nose and eyes stinging.
